昙花一现

lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived

dark clouds

Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

surname Hua

flower / blossom / CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4] / fancy pattern / florid / to spend (money, time) / (coll.) lecherous / lustful

old variant of 花[hua1]

variant of 花[hua1] / flower / blossom / also pr. [wei3]

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

to appear / present / now / existing / current